An intriguing book I missed it when it first came out but it was bought for a good friend who having just had a new baby didn’t see himself reading it soon
In some ways it’s an old fashioned book but I mean this in a good way it reminded me of the 39 steps in the levels of sustained excitement as well as in the beautiful descriptions of the British countryside.
I never fully felt I understood the characters but liked the way that the character that was most likely to be seen as the hero of the piece was not squeaky clean .it’s an epic chase from the Spanish countryside to the outermost Scottish islands
The description of Glasgow general hospital felt so right to me having myself worked in these old Victorian giants I understood and found see in my eye where they were set
Including the description of the hatch at the entry set too low to be easily looked into which was exactly as the Bristol children’s hospital porters lodge was like in the 90s when I worked there
a book that will I think stay with me more than some books I liked or enjoyed more whilst reading them
I’d give 41/2 stars but I can’t as no half stars possible